The Playing Field

Sport and Culture Through the Lens of Science
by Steven Kotler

Put Your Worst Foot Forward

By Steven Kotler on November 18, 2008 in The Playing Field

Towards the end of the first quarter of last night's football contest between the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills, around the time that the Bill's quarterback, Trent Edwards, threw his third interception, when Cleveland's own signal caller, Brady Quinn, had managed to complete just one out of seven passes, Tony Kornheiser-the supposed comic relief in the booth-asked Ron Jaworski-the onet Read More

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • You may quote other posts using [quote] tags.

More information about formatting options

Subscribe to The Playing Field

Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler is the author of West of Jesus: Surfing, Science and the Origins of Belief. His magazine writing has appeared in more than 31 publications.

more...

The Playing FieldRecent Posts

A modern examination of the real requirements of fortitude.
Want a psychology career? First become a pimp.
Thinks Wisdom Comes From Suffering? Think Again!
Could Psychedelics (like LSD) Be The Future of Medicine?
Do animals do drugs? Every chance they get!
More of The Playing Field blog

Current Issue

The High Art of Handling Problem People

How to handle difficult people.